WEBVTT 00:06.840 --> 00:10.460 three two one zero . 00:11.040 --> 00:13.470 A country that has tactical hypersonic 00:13.470 --> 00:16.410 systems can produce strategic effects 00:16.420 --> 00:18.253 with those systems . That's game 00:18.253 --> 00:20.170 changing . If someone can sink an 00:20.170 --> 00:23.530 aircraft carrier or render an airfield 00:23.540 --> 00:25.720 unusable with a tactical system a 00:25.720 --> 00:27.887 tactical hypersonic system , then they 00:27.887 --> 00:29.998 produce the fact that in some ways is 00:29.998 --> 00:32.276 equivalent to using a strategic system . 00:32.276 --> 00:34.500 The american way of fighting . We rely 00:34.500 --> 00:37.060 on technology . We also rely on our 00:37.060 --> 00:38.782 skilled warfighters . But that 00:38.782 --> 00:40.671 combination of technology and our 00:40.671 --> 00:42.893 skilled people that give us that edge , 00:43.040 --> 00:45.096 I would argue that's been true since 00:45.096 --> 00:47.151 the founding of this nation . That's 00:47.151 --> 00:49.373 one of the things that the american war 00:49.373 --> 00:48.640 fighter brought to the field of battle 00:48.650 --> 00:50.928 from the very beginning of this nation , 00:50.928 --> 00:52.594 hyper sonics continues . That 00:52.594 --> 00:54.817 hypersonic says , okay , we we know how 00:54.817 --> 00:56.706 we've been operating for the last 00:56.706 --> 00:58.872 however many years . What are the next 00:58.872 --> 00:58.580 technologies that we need to focus on 00:58.580 --> 01:00.900 to modernize change the way we do 01:00.900 --> 01:03.067 things ? Uh one example that I'll give 01:03.067 --> 01:05.233 you , I'll roll back to the first gulf 01:05.233 --> 01:06.940 war when we unleashed stealth 01:06.940 --> 01:09.260 technology . It was an amazing 01:09.740 --> 01:11.962 revelation . And the entire world stood 01:11.962 --> 01:14.073 back and watch what we and especially 01:14.073 --> 01:16.296 United States Air Force and other parts 01:16.296 --> 01:18.351 of military were able to do with low 01:18.351 --> 01:20.407 observable aircraft that essentially 01:20.407 --> 01:22.518 we're invisible to radar . Well , the 01:22.518 --> 01:24.518 world has had a generation to study 01:24.518 --> 01:26.573 that . And so we need to be thinking 01:26.573 --> 01:28.351 about what comes next . I think 01:28.351 --> 01:30.573 hypersonic clearly comes next stealth . 01:30.573 --> 01:32.740 They can't see me . I'm invisible with 01:32.740 --> 01:34.796 hyper sonics . They might be able to 01:34.796 --> 01:36.907 see me but they can't stop me . And I 01:36.907 --> 01:39.018 think that's the next step . You need 01:39.018 --> 01:41.129 to be focused on . Put very simply an 01:41.129 --> 01:43.240 adversary . No longer needs to have a 01:43.240 --> 01:45.462 world class Air Force to beat our world 01:45.462 --> 01:47.518 class Air Force . If they have these 01:47.518 --> 01:49.684 sorts of technologies , they longer no 01:49.684 --> 01:51.851 longer need to have a world class navy 01:51.851 --> 01:54.018 to beat our world class Navy . If they 01:54.018 --> 01:53.560 have these sorts of technologies , 01:56.040 --> 01:58.330 We've been building hypersonic systems 01:58.340 --> 02:01.180 for decades . Hyper sonics as a field 02:01.200 --> 02:03.170 that was invented basically in the 02:03.170 --> 02:05.059 United States . We flew the first 02:05.059 --> 02:07.226 hypersonic systems in the late 1940s . 02:07.226 --> 02:09.392 The concepts for hypersonic vehicles . 02:09.392 --> 02:11.614 It was pretty much developed here . The 02:11.614 --> 02:11.470 Russians did some development work , 02:11.480 --> 02:13.258 but really it's a field that we 02:13.258 --> 02:15.369 invented that . We developed , we did 02:15.369 --> 02:17.536 the experiments , we did the principal 02:17.536 --> 02:19.702 tests we developed this technology and 02:19.702 --> 02:21.813 then very honestly , we took our foot 02:21.813 --> 02:23.813 off the gas . Um , we didn't follow 02:23.813 --> 02:25.980 through perhaps as we should have fall 02:25.980 --> 02:25.130 through . We didn't continue the 02:25.130 --> 02:27.186 programs as we should have continued 02:27.186 --> 02:29.352 those programs and others read what we 02:29.352 --> 02:31.408 wrote and watch what we did and read 02:31.408 --> 02:33.630 our papers and decided this is a pretty 02:33.630 --> 02:35.852 good idea and so ran with it . So today 02:35.852 --> 02:37.908 we're faced with two other countries 02:37.908 --> 02:40.019 and other , many countries around the 02:40.019 --> 02:42.241 world are developing technology to that 02:42.241 --> 02:44.352 we specifically focused upon and they 02:44.352 --> 02:43.920 have made no secret of their 02:43.920 --> 02:46.060 investments . One is Russia , we know 02:46.060 --> 02:48.227 Vladimir Putin has bragged about their 02:48.227 --> 02:50.393 hyper sonic abilities and the other is 02:50.393 --> 02:52.504 china . But that's the situation that 02:52.504 --> 02:54.727 we're in . I would say one of the goals 02:54.727 --> 02:56.893 that we have , the office of the Under 02:56.893 --> 02:56.060 Secretary of Defense for Research and 02:56.060 --> 02:58.740 Engineering is to first make sure that 02:58.740 --> 03:00.796 we don't we're not left behind . But 03:00.796 --> 03:02.851 more importantly , we're gonna leave 03:02.851 --> 03:04.796 those capabilities and we'll do it 03:04.796 --> 03:07.073 because again , this is an area we own , 03:07.073 --> 03:09.296 this is an area we invented all right , 03:09.296 --> 03:11.462 We've got there there are smart people 03:11.462 --> 03:11.050 all around the world , but we've got 03:11.050 --> 03:13.161 the most innovative minds . We've got 03:13.161 --> 03:15.161 the longest history in this field . 03:15.161 --> 03:17.272 We've made the investments , not just 03:17.272 --> 03:19.383 in the facilities but in the people . 03:19.383 --> 03:21.550 And this is something that we're right 03:21.550 --> 03:23.606 now focused on ramping up industrial 03:23.606 --> 03:25.717 base workforce , making sure that the 03:25.717 --> 03:27.883 services are on track to not only meet 03:27.883 --> 03:29.883 but to exceed what your competitors 03:29.883 --> 03:33.560 could possibly deliver . Yeah . Well , 03:33.560 --> 03:35.616 I think there's a realization within 03:35.616 --> 03:37.616 the Air Force that universities are 03:37.616 --> 03:39.504 important for developing the next 03:39.504 --> 03:41.616 generation of technology that the Air 03:41.616 --> 03:43.610 Force will need as we develop new 03:43.610 --> 03:46.020 aircraft and and new weapons . And I 03:46.020 --> 03:47.890 think uh there's also , the 03:47.890 --> 03:49.834 universities are also an important 03:49.834 --> 03:53.760 source of of the workforce . That's 03:53.770 --> 03:55.826 I think the real exciting part about 03:55.826 --> 03:58.159 hyper sonics is like a lot of it is new , 03:58.159 --> 04:00.910 a lot of it is stuff that hasn't been 04:00.910 --> 04:03.650 seen before and stuff that can be very 04:03.650 --> 04:07.460 useful in the field in the industry . 04:08.840 --> 04:11.490 Mhm . There are some incredibly smart , 04:11.500 --> 04:13.833 talented people at our universities are , 04:13.833 --> 04:17.050 university system is the crown jewel of 04:17.050 --> 04:19.050 our R . S . And T . Enterprise . We 04:19.050 --> 04:21.106 want to harness that brainpower . We 04:21.106 --> 04:23.050 want to produce the people who are 04:23.050 --> 04:22.820 going to come work for places like F . 04:22.820 --> 04:25.230 R . L . And go to our industry partners 04:25.240 --> 04:27.184 and go to the universities to help 04:27.184 --> 04:29.240 train the next generation . If we do 04:29.240 --> 04:31.296 our job right ? And God forbid , the 04:31.296 --> 04:33.407 United States has ever faced with the 04:33.407 --> 04:35.573 conflict in the 202030s , we will have 04:35.573 --> 04:37.684 given those future fighters the tools 04:37.684 --> 04:39.851 they need to make sure that our nation 04:39.851 --> 04:39.850 is safe and secure .